Tag: “Vernacular Plainsong” (27 posts)

Subscribe to Year C responsorial psalms (now until November 22)

September 21, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

I will be distributing my collection of Year C responsorial psalms for the Ordinary form of the Mass via e-mail starting in November. If you would like to receive these in your inbox, please subscribe to the list below. Access is not limited to church musicians; any and all should feel free to subscribe. To [...]

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“The Music That Never Was”

September 1, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra2 comments.

Jeffrey Herbert has prepared a presentation on the current ICEL chant project [intro in PDF] and its development along the new translation of the Roman Missal. As the new translation of the Roman Missal has come into being over the past several years, a related project has been underway that has not garnered as much [...]

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SMTV Vol. II, No. 7.5 – Alleluia: Mittat vobis (English adaptation)

July 31, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

Alleluia, alleluia. May the Lord send you help from the sanctuary, and defend you out of Sion. Alleluia. Ritual Mass: Missa pro sponsis (Wedding Mass) Scripture verse: Psalm 20(19):3 Latin-language source: Graduale Romanum (1974), p. 646–647 Translation and melodic adaptation: Aristotle A. Esguerra Sheet music: PDF (includes five other settings and four additional options for [...]

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Alleluia verses for nuptial Masses (Ordinary Form)

July 27, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

I have set, in modern notation, the four options for the Alleluia verse in the Ordinary Form Nuptial Mass, as well as simple and melismatic English-language adaptations of the Alleluia verse, as found on p. 646 of the Graduale Romanum/Graduale Triplex (Solesmes, 1974) for the Missa pro sponsis.  These are set to absolute pitch—or more [...]

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Music for the English Language Roman Missal: An Introduction (Sung Readings)

May 15, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra2 comments.

This morning, the International Committee on English in the Liturgy released on their website “Music for the English Language Roman Missal: An Introduction,” which outlines the processes used to adapt the Roman-rite melodies and melodic formulas of the Mass to the new English translations. While those who are familiar with chanted English in the Ordinary [...]

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Worship, unplugged: three items for consideration

May 4, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Dr. William Mahrt of Stanford University, in his latest editorial for the Church Music Association’s Sacred Music quarterly journal, writes: “In the 1940s Marshall McLuhan said that the microphone would be the death of the Latin Mass, a very astute and prophetic observation.”[1]  While he is talking about the practical necessity before the era of [...]

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Responsorial Psalms for Sundays (Year B) until Christ the King

May 1, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

The following Responsorial Psalm settings are now available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary [...]

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An English-language choral Offertory proper for Easter Sunday

April 30, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

Jerry Galipeau of WLP has posted on his blog “The Earth Feared and Was Silent”, a composition by the late Fr. Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO.  The piece takes its text from a translation of the Offertory proper chant for Easter Sunday. Download the sample PDF octavo. Download the mp3 of the final refrain. [audio:http://www.wlp.jspaluch.com/download/002311-018.mp3] I note [...]

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Five more Responsorial Psalms to Gregorian chant melodies

April 27, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Five additional Responsorial Psalm settings are now available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Like the other settings [...]

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More Responsorial Psalms to Gregorian chant melodies

April 7, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

More Responsorial Psalm settings are available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Most Holy Trinity, Year B Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Year B Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year [...]

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